@#17 ... ...In the process of costing them billions.. ...

Shhhh ...

You're not supposed to acknowledge that part, or even talk about that part.

It goes against the narrative, therefore it is verboten.

Get with the program.

/s ¿- major sarcasm alert here

@#1 ...The Monarch butterflies I see here in Connection travel to Mexico for the winter, and then back to Connecticut in the spring?

That butterfly flies 3000 miles? ...

!!!

Wait, what????

Now, in addition to the Musk kids having to learn on the job (and, apparently showing how poor they are at that), Mr Musk also wants AI bots to learn on the job?

So, after we withdraw from NATO, Mr Musk envisions a Country where we are controlled by AI robots?

... District Judge Christopher Cooper said the vast and "unprecedented" authority of DOGE, formally known as the U.S. Digital Service, combined with its "unusual secrecy" warrant the urgent release of its internal documents under the Freedom of Information Act. ...

Good.

If what DOGE has been doing is so great, then the formal records of what they have been doing should only bolster the need for DOGE.

So... where are those formal records?

Let's see them.

More from the live-updating article ...

... Aftermath of drone attack in Moscow published at 02:45 [EDT? - LL]

We can now bring you the latest images from Moscow after Ukraine launched an overnight drone attack on the capital region, according to local officials. ...

So... as the population eligible for working to support the economy is declining, the Countries are actively reducing the number of workers available to support their economy?

My first comment is along the lines of ... huh? Please explain the rationale of this to me.

More from the article ...

... "This is the largest annual decline recorded since 1961", the first year for which EU-wide aggregate data is available, the bloc's statistical agency, Eurostat, said of the drop in births. ...

As a consequence, the bloc's population is ageing fast, and some countries face labour shortages at a time where hard-right gains have pushed many governments to crack down on migration. ...

My guess would be that this podcast would not be about which lipstick to use, nude modelling or renegotiating prenuptial agreements, which would be topics I would expect from the current First Lady.

I give major kudos to Sen Sanders.

He seems to be one of the few (oh so very few) who are willing to step up and criticize what Pres Trump has been doing.

@#93 ... They're going to have to figure out how it's unconstitutional to allow people who love each other to get married.

Also. A lot of states passed laws to legalize same sex marriages before the federal government took action to protect them. ..

You raise a couple of interesting points.

For starters, yeah, gay couples were getting married before it was declared to be legal nationally.

But I think the more important aspect is, people who love each other being allowed to formally and legally declare that love.

Two questions on the test may be ...

Are you willing to declare loyalty to Pres Trump instead of the Constitution?

Are you willing to declare loyalty to the Constitution?

I mean really, just look at the toady Cabinet appointees. Cannot you see where this administration may be going?

@#1 ... Software engineers with no government experience, some in their early 20s, have clashed with career civil servants at multiple agencies where DOGE has sought--and in some cases received--access to systems ...

"received access to systems"

That is concerning.

Of course the transparency that Mr Musk has promised should say exactly that level of that "access to systems" entails.

So, has Mr Musk said what that level of access by his kids entails?

@#11 ... The US antiwar movement is as old as the American Revolution. ...

Yup.

Back in the day, I was one of those who protested against the Vietnam War.

@#23 ... Yes, and the list of people Trumpers look down on has been expanded to include minorities of all stripes, women, LGBTQ, immingrants, etc. It's not just race anymore. ...

I've told this story a few times here ...

An in-law, in a discussion with me, once told me that he thought women should be barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen cooking his dinner so he could sit down and eat when he came home from work.

That was how he viewed women..

When I questioned him on that, he just doubled down.

I'll just say, he and I had discussions ...

@#16 ... If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. ...

... and is that not the apparent purpose of the GOP's current anti-DEI scam?

i.e., removing qualified people because their skin color is ~wrong~ while replacing those people with little more than toadies?

Can you say, Sec Defense Hegseth?

I knew you could.

@#15

Worth a repeat, in bold ...

... "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
Lyndon B. Johnson >..

@#5 ... Bernie Sanders: "I think this is a prelude not only to cutting benefits, but to privatizing Social Security ... why do you lie so much about Social Security? Why do you make it look like it's a broken system? The reason is to get people to lose faith in the system so you can give it over to Wall St" ...

Well, yeah.

@#3 .. I hear that Fort Knox ..

Speaking of hearing Ft Know.

Back in the day, when I lived in Kentucky, I used to listen to an FM radio station that called itself "Radio Free Fort Knox."

Yeah, that was a half century ago.

But I have to say, back then, as I remember, that radio station played some great music.

@#1 ... As the carnage piled up, they took refuge in shares of energy, consumer staples and utility companies -- relatively spending-cut free industries that tend to fare well during recessions. ...

Fare well during recessions?

OK, I have to ask about this apparent upcoming recession, one that even Pres Trump seems to be adverse to denying may occur...

Will it be short and sweet?

Or long and distasteful?

More from the article ...

... Tech stocks tumbled by the most since 2022 -- driving the Nasdaq 100 Index down nearly 4%. Crypto prices slid. Corporate bond sales were scrapped. A gauge of credit risk surged. And Treasuries rallied, pulling yields down steeply, as they reprised their role as the haven of last resort.

Within the stock market itself, shifts in and out of different sectors told the same story: Growing fear that President Donald Trump's tariff hikes, spending cuts and geopolitical shakeups will stall what until recently has been an economy that constantly defied naysayers with its strength.

Trump and his surrogates have started warning that retooling the US economy may bring some near-term pain -- and investors are preparing for just that. As the carnage piled up, they took refuge in shares of energy, consumer staples and utility companies -- relatively spending-cut free industries that tend to fare well during recessions. ...

@#3 ... I hear that Fort Knox is being renamed Fort Trump ...

You left off the sarcasm tag.

@#4 ... The Farm just outside Williamsburg ...

i have not seen that.

Got link?

thx.